Veil-clasp



e. CHAPMAN AND L. M. HILL.

VEIL CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 2, 1919.

1,332,287. Patented Mai. 2, 1920.

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ITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

GENEVIEVE CHAPLMAN AND LOTTIE M. HILL, OF CHARLOTTE, VERMONT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Application filed September 2, 1919. Serial No. 321,155.

To all w 7mm it may concern Be it known that we, Mesdames GENE- vmvnCHAPMAN and Lor'rm M. HILL, citi- Zens of the United States of America,and residents of Charlotte, in the county of Chittenden and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVeil-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clasps, buckles and buttons, and particularlyto a veil holding device for use in connection with the brims of hats sothat veils can be held on the hats without need of pinning.

An object of this invention is to produce a device which will hold aveil on the hat without distorting the veil or the brim of the hat, thesaid device comprising means which can be readily applied to or removedfrom the brim of the hat; and the said device can be made ornamental sothat it will not detract from the appearance of the apparel.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which-Figure 1 illustrates the applicability of the clasp to hats and veils;

Fig. 2 illustrates perspective view of the clamping member;

Fig. 3 illustrates sectional view through the pivots of the jaws of theclamp; and

Fig. 4: illustrates a diagrammatic view showing the convolutions of thematerial of which the clasp is formed.

In these drawings 5 and 6 denote the jaws of a clamp or clip adapted toembrace the edge of a brim and to clamp against the upper and lowersurfaces of the brim so as to press a veil 7 against the brim and anchoror retain it in place.

The jaws 5 and 6 are manipulated by the application of pressure to theextensions 8 and 9, the former of which is an integral part of the jaw6, and the latter of which is an integral part of the jaw 5.

The clamp is formed of a single length of spring metal, preferably wire,and the side 10 of the jaw 5 terminates in a coil 11 constituting aspring which holds the jaws in operative relation to the brim of thehat. The end of the coil remote from the side 10 of the jaw 5 terminatesin the side 12 of the jaw 6, and a continuation of the materialconstitutes the side 18 of the jaw 6, the said side terminating in astraight bar-like portion 14, which passes through the spring and isshaped to form the clamp operating member 8, as shown, the end of thematerial being straight and extending mto the spring on which it ispivoted.

The side 15 of the jaw 5 has a bar or pivot 16 which extends through theloops of the spring and then is shaped to form the jaw operating member9, which terminates in a straight portion 17 extending into the loops ofthe spring and being hinged or pivoted therein.

From an inspection of the drawings it will be apparent that when the jawoperating members 8 and 9 are pressed together, the jaws will be open,whereas upon release of the pressure on the, said operating memhers, thespring will operate to press the jaws together so that they will clamp aveil in place as shown in Fig. 1.

The device can be made inexpensively, as it comprises but a singlelength of resilient material and, owing to the fact that the ends of thematerial are inserted in the loops of the spring, it has no projectionson which fabrics such as veils can catch, even if they have freemovement with re lation to the hat or veil holder.

We claim-- In a veil holding device, a single length of material shapedto form contacting jaws, said jaws being curved throughouttheir lengthsand having contacting under portions, a portion of the material betweenits ends being bent to form a double coiled spring, a portion of saidmaterial extending through the coils of the spring at right angles tothe side walls of the jaws and constituting a pivot on which the jawsmove, the said material being looped near its ends to form fingerengaging projections extending at right angles to the sides of the jawsand each end terminating in a straight portion projecting into the loopsof the spring to form pivots for the jaws.

Mas. GENEVIEVE CHAPMAN. Mas. LOTTIE M. HILL.

